On her 22nd birthday, she was alone in Thailand and got drunk with a bottle of 1.5L mineral water because she couldn't afford it.
Jumping into the middle of the night in the crowd, she had a long talk with her friend who had met for the first time, and when she looked back on the experience later, she realized that it was impossible to buy how much money she could buy.
The "wild girl" confessed
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"It costs less than 800 bucks in 11 days, is that the standard for a rich man?" Emma is responding to fans.
At the bottom of her videos, someone often leaves a message: "I really envy the life of rich people." ”
Just like in Napoleon's hometown of Corsica, Emma and her friends walked for 11 days on what is known as the hardest and most beautiful hiking route in Europe, carrying a 65L bag.
For more than ten days, she used the water from the lake to make morning tea in front of the snowy mountains;
Take a leap from a protruding rock and swim in a natural pool;
I also met a 68-year-old grandfather who was hiking with his dog.
Adventure, beauty, and happiness are all the elements that everyone likes in the trip, but in fact, the trip cost less than 800 yuan.
For the 800-dollar trip, some commented on her experience, while others said, "This is something that only rich people can do."
After Emma said her true expenses, someone chased after her and said, "Your equipment and clothes must be more than this money." ”
Ask yourself, after the person who said these things had 800 yuan and this equipment, would he have the courage to travel like Emma?
Emma began her round-the-world journey a few years ago, traveling to more than a dozen countries in 19 months.
Along the way, not only the majestic mountains and rivers, but also the slums that once had gangster fights have now become tourist attractions because of graffiti;
The truly backward area seems to have been cut off from the world, and Emma can pull out a drone to make the local children laugh for a day.
"In fact, there is no fixed way to travel, and my way is to change places and live with all my enthusiasm." Emma felt that she had found the lifestyle that suited her best.
And as for those who feel that "it costs a lot of money so they can never start", perhaps as some comments say:
"They think it's expensive because they haven't tried it at all, and some things have been tried and found to be less difficult than they seem."
Emma was born in a down-to-earth family, she grew up in the countryside with her grandparents when she was a child, and only moved to Chengdu to study in junior high school.
When I entered the new class, I was also called a "countryman" by my classmates for a while. A 150-dollar Matersbonwe shirt sent by her uncle was her most expensive dress.
Emma used "willfulness" to describe her student days, the results of the college entrance examination were not very good, she was admitted to an ordinary second book, and scrawled the "veterinary" major.
But life is also like travel, full of accidents. On the way to find a girlfriend, Emma encountered the consultation booth set up by the French study abroad institution, idle is also idle, in the past a question only to find that the cost of studying abroad is not as expensive as imagined.
I went back to my parents to discuss, and my parents also felt that studying abroad would help Emma broaden her horizons, so they agreed.
Emma and her college classmates are completing their homework
In a foreign country with completely different scenery and humanities, Emma did not feel timid, and all new things made her happy.
Domestic classmates chose to return to China to live a life without worry with their parents during the summer vacation, but Emma stayed in France, brushing dishes in restaurants, folding sheets in hotels, and even working as an employee in insurance companies.
She saved all this money and waited until the next holiday came, and she had the money to travel.
On the road, Emma discovers that her biggest hobby is "playing".
So after graduation, she rejected an olive branch thrown by a Fortune 500 and instead went to work for a small company.
What attracts her to small companies is that she can travel all year round, "you can travel in the place where you travel on a rest day, and even the money for travel, accommodation, food and drink can be reimbursed." ”
Emma has a clear goal: "Save enough money to quit and travel the world." ”
This day came before she turned 30, Emma was engaged in supply chain related work, the plan was rejected, the other party temporarily changed her mind, and various changes made her often insomnia, and even sometimes suddenly felt palpitations.
Maybe it's time to quit her job, but Emma is not completely without concerns, in case it affects the career upswing period, when Emma has the opportunity to increase her salary by 40%.
After some serious consideration, Emma still decided to stick to her plan: "After all, you can find a job again, but your youth is only once, and I don't want to regret it later." ”
After telling his parents about the idea of resigning, he unsurprisingly got a "disapproval" response.
But at Emma's insistence, her father said, "Just be happy." And gave Emma a small drone before the trip began.
Emma embarked on a journey around the world with the blessing of her family.
She went to South America, a tropical landscape where emma was dazzled by the creatures.
In the Galapagos Islands, she saw a sea iguana that is only here, and it can live underwater and on land at the same time.
While diving, Emma even saw a flock of hammerhead sharks swimming forward.
However, compared to the days of blowing the sea breeze and basking in the sun at the beach, Emma prefers to find some "trouble" for herself.
For example, hiking the Tatacoa Desert in Colombia with a small friend on the road, the rugged terrain is eye-opening, and the endless red soil makes people feel awe.
But before she could get into the depths, Emma was already sweating, and fortunately, there was a swimming pool in the desert, and she plunged into the water with a fierce son, and the heat was isolated outside.
After taking his annual leave, his friends in Paris ran to Emma's side to see the and the Andean plateau.
Carrying half-height luggage, during the day shuttles through muddy roads, but there is a feast for the eyes like the scenery in the movie "The Lord of the Rings";
Set up a tent at night to sleep outside the wilderness, but with the sky full of galaxies as a companion;
After three days of walking in the mountains, the friend tasted the pain of hiking in the mountains, and Emma rented a pony from the aborigines to drive her friend down the mountain.
It seems that there is no bottom, and the average person really can't eat such a sport.
Of course, Emma is not simply "masochistic", she likes the feeling of hiking in the mountains, can talk to herself, and can think of something at will.
Although the road was hard, sometimes the small episodes that happened touched her again.
On the backward island, Emma watched a mother braid her daughter, the mother saw her curiosity, and she also knitted one for her, Emma wanted to give her money, but the mother resolutely refused, "Just think this will be very suitable for you." ”
These islanders make a living from fishing, most of whom have never seen the outside world in their lives, watching Emma pull out her camera and the children scrambling to pose in front of her
"Look at these innocent smiling faces, all unhappiness will be swept away in an instant!"
But soon after, the biggest surprise of the trip came, as the epidemic broke out around the world, Emma was stranded alone in Chile, the inn closed, and she had to spend the night in an abandoned prison.
In such a desperate situation, she shed tears for the first time during her trip.
Thanks to emma's strong heart cultivated during these years of travel, after surviving the most difficult days, she found a place to live in Santiago, stayed for more than a month before waiting for the flight, and finally flew back to her residence in France.
Although this road is thrilling, when looking back, Emma said: "Although it is very hard to go against the wind, the sense of achievement of approaching the goal step by step with your own efforts is not more worthy of memories than all comfort and comfort?" ”
The pandemic interrupted Emma's travels, and she was surprised by something when looking for a job, and almost every interviewer was interested in her travels, and some even chatted with her for half an hour.
Emma successfully returned to the workplace, and the salary was even much higher than the previous job, but Emma would definitely appear on the road as long as she had time.
If you can't go to the desert, the French island of Corsica is not bad, and even closer, autumn in Paris is also a sight to behold.
There are always people who use the reasons of "insufficient money" and "not fully prepared" to trap themselves in the current life and cannot extricate themselves, and even use their "experience" of not doing anything to point fingers at others.
Staying in hostels, being a couch guest, naked resignation, Emma has not been questioned by these people along the way, but when the epidemic is over, she still wants to continue to travel:
"Having made so many wayward decisions, it seems that nothing makes me regret it, because this is what I chose, the life I love."